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Similarities Between 1984 And Fahrenheit 451

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The book Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury and 1984, by George Orwell both use censorship as a main theme. Within both societies, there are wrongdoers just like every society and that is why there are governments and people set in place to punish the them. The amount of wrongdoers in a society depends on how strict you make the society. People such as Montag from Fahrenheit 451 and Winston from 1984 were going against the beliefs of society. That is where O’Brien and Beatty step in to help Montag and Winston remember what the beliefs of society are and show them how to follow those beliefs. Beatty was an influential character in Fahrenheit 451 and wanted Montag to understand that what he did was wrong rather than just punishing him; similarly, …show more content…

O’Brien and Beatty are both trying to mold Winston and Montag into the ideal citizens of their societies. O’Brien first tries talking to Winston and tries to get Winston to understand reality. O’Brien said, “But I tell you, Winston, that reality is not external. Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else…Whatever the Party holds to be the truth, is truth. It is impossible to see reality except by looking through the eyes of the Party. That is the fact that you have got to relearn, Winston” (Orwell, 249). When O’Brien couldn’t change Winston’s mind about reality he used a machine that sent shock waves throughout Winston’s body and caused Winston pain until he finally gave into the party. Beatty tries to change Montag talking to him at first. It was similar to what O’Brien did with Winston. Beatty said to Montag, “One last thing…At least once in his career, every fireman gets an itch…A natural error. Curiosity alone…We don't get over anxious or mad. We let the fireman keep the book twenty four hours. If he hasn't burned it by then, we simply come and burn it for him” (Bradbury, 59). Beatty knows that Montag is hiding a book and Beatty is very understanding, but at the same time is reminding Montag what the societal beliefs are and that Montag needs to follow those beliefs. Both O’Brien and Beatty …show more content…

When looking back upon the key Beatty speech and the key O’Brien speech that I chose to compare in my essay neither Beatty doesn’t really persuade Montag with Propaganda and O’Brien doesn't really persuade Winston with propaganda. According to dictionary.com, propaganda is defined as “information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.” (dictionary.com). The dictionary definition of propaganda was similar to what our idea of propaganda was in Propaganda Studies. Propaganda is a way to spread information such as posters, essays, speeches, books, etc; all of these strategies are ways of persuading people willingly by using good technique. Neither O’Brien or Beatty persuaded Winston or Montag willingly to make them understand the societal beliefs. Looking back in the essay to see how O’Brien had Winston understand the parties beliefs, it doesn't match up with what propaganda is. O’Brien inflicted a severe amount of pain on Winston, until Winston finally gave into the parties beliefs because he could no longer take the pain. I also don't believe that Beatty understands what propaganda is. Looking back on the key Beatty speech that I chose, we can see that Beatty forced Montag to burn his books rather than changing Montag’s mind with the use of

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Fahrenheit 451-1966 full movie version- Julie Christie The book is definitely unlike the movie. In the movie, the man gets a phone call from a lady telling him to get out of the house. The lady caller cries, “Get out quickly, you’ve got to get out of there!”

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Since society continuously declines books, Beatty has never openly advocated ledger or made an attempt to legalize them.. the numerous book Whereas Beatty has read have all been written by different authors with different and sometimes opposing thoughts and opinions. Since society in Fahrenheit 451 centered about conformation, Beatty is violently averse to the notion of having conflicting vantage points. Beatty even explains to Montag about “What traitors books can be” in attempts to deter him from reading.

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(Bradbury 113). This shows how Beatty is quoting literature which shows how Beatty is very familiar with books and has knowledge of it which is ironic because Beatty seems to have two personalities to his exterior, the one where he follows the rules of socity and captain beatty of the fire house and his inner life where he loves books and literature and wants to rebel just like montag. Another piece of evidence is “‘A natural error. Curiosity alone,’ said Beatty. ‘We don’t getoveranxious or mad.

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In Ray Bradbury and Suzanne Collins’s dystopian novels Fahrenheit 451 and The Hunger Games, their protagonists Guy Montag and Katniss Everdeen shared evident similarities. If closely looked at further, a couple of differences can be spotted as well. Although one may notice a few differences between the protagonists in Fahrenheit 451 and The Hunger Games, there are actually more similarities than one may realize, such as both protagonists conform to the dystopian society in the beginning but object to it in the end, both create alliances along the way, and they are both confused about their relationships. In the two dystopian novels Fahrenheit 451 and The Hunger Games, their protagonists Guy Montag and Katniss Everdeen do have a couple of differences.

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“Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until they have rebelled they will not become conscious” (Orwell 84). This quote is From the book 1984 by George Orwell and it talking about how dystopian society is kept together and why they citizens don’t rebel. They are many differences and similarities between literature versions dystopian society and modern day society such as, books in Fahrenheit 451, individual rights 2081, and law enforcement in Tom Clancy’s: The Division: Collapse of New York.

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He thought that even though we have everything we need to be happy, but without being able to think for ourselves, we’re not truly happy. Right then, a new door reveals itself to Montag. In part three of ​Fahrenheit 451, Montag realizes that he is putting himself and Mildred in danger by returning a book to Beatty in order to trick him. After all, Beatty knows that Montag have books and he already hints that Montag have 24 hours to burn them or the firemen will come to Montag’s house and burn them for him.

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O’Brien uses fear, scaring Winston into loving his government, Big Brother, and pushes him to break. In Orwell’s book, he states, “‘Room 101’ he said”... “‘Comrade! Officer!’ he cried.

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Winston was never a devoted follower, constantly questioning the world around him. Even when in custody, Winston continued questioning motives and denouncing the Party and Big Brother, despite the futility. He knew no societal changes would result from his actions, but desperately wanted to share his ideas with someone, and since he was already being tortured, he was capable of speaking freely in the jail area. The purpose was to rid him of his rebellious mindset, and to do so, O’Brien needed to know everything Winston honestly thought in order to ‘correct’ it fully. For example, O’Brien forced Winston to recognize that whatever the Party said was true by holding up four fingers and saying there were five, “But there had been a moment- of luminous certainty, where each new suggestion of O’Brien’s had filled up a patch of emptiness and had become absolute truth, and when two and two could have been three as easily five, if that were what was needed (Orwell 258).

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The choice between conforming to societal standards and remaining an individual is similar to choosing between freedom and oppression. Individuality is the distinction between qualities of oneself and others, requiring independent thoughts and opinions. Conformity grasps the idea of accepting ideal behavior and notions. In two powerful dystopian novels, 1984 by George Orwell and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, the main characters struggle to rise up against the standard behavior of society. However, only one succeeds, while the other accepts to conform.

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He makes Winston feel like nothing for ever thinking that he was anything other than the person who is presently standing in front of him. That is the power that not only O’Brien, but also the Inner Party has over people. O’Brien, for the first time, makes Winston firmly believe in something that has been told to him by an active Inner Party member. The genius behind this is that Winston has yet to realize that this act has been happening for much longer than he could ever imagine. “It was O’Brien who was directing everything...

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The differences and similarities between the book’s society and our modern day society really bulged out at me while I was reading the book ‘Fahrenheit 451’. In Fahrenheit 451, books are banned. And instead of having firemen that put out fire, the firemen start the fire to burn down books and houses. There are many differences and similarities between our modern day society and the the society in the book ‘Fahrenheit 451’. Such as our Government, Technology, and Behavior.

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